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HOUSE 1636116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

Last Action
4/12/2019

Actions

  • 2019-04-12Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • 2019-03-07Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2019-03-07Introduced in House
  • 2019-03-07Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-03-07 (00)

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act

This bill establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director to make a systematic study of the conditions affecting black men and boys.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
  • Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
  • EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  • Val Demings (D-FL)
  • Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
  • Anthony Brown (D-MD)
  • JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
  • GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
  • WM. CLAY (D-MO)
  • DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
  • Lucy McBath (D-GA)
  • Al Lawson (D-FL)
  • Terri Sewell (D-AL)
  • Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
  • BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
  • G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
  • SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)

Subjects

  • Academic performance and assessments
  • Child health
  • Commission on Civil Rights
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health information and medical records
  • Higher education
  • Minority health
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Violent crime
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